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MSI Motherboard

Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

 Compatible Components (from 395 PCs)

Popular components in PC builds with the MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Motherboard.

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $220Bench 81%, 588,978 samples162x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $111Bench 72%, 342,244 samples139x
Core i5-6500Intel  $125Bench 64%, 241,476 samples22x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $289Bench 84%, 634,862 samples21x
Core i7-6700Intel  $220Bench 72%, 282,363 samples12x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $119Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples73x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples47x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $140Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples35x
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples24x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples13x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $102Bench 112%, 695,664 samples16x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $180Bench 223%, 54,978 samples15x
Solid State Disk 128GBSpccBench 69%, 14,793 samples12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples11x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk  $30Bench 61%, 133,640 samples10x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples41x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $39Bench 71%, 98,777 samples16x
F4 DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 97%, 572 samples15x
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 17,846 samples9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples8x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 395 user systems
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntelBench 81%, 588,978 samples$220
GPU
GTX 1070NvidiaBench 80%, 1,459,281 samples$119
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsungBench 112%, 695,664 samples$102
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 606,405 samples$43
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $484

 User benchmarks for this motherboard (9 of 395)

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SSD
HDD
RAM
Price
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700, RTX 3090 Very good UFO - 188 93 159  83  230  307  96  80 $1,446
GBR-User, 22 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 184 95 157  93  201  66  85  102 $1,340
GBR-User, 13 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 165 88 139  88  194  -  74  96 $1,147
USA-User, 17 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 165 88 142  89  193  -  90  80 $1,131
USA-User, 21 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 163 95 140  84  193  266  -  95 $1,050
GBR-User, 11 months ago.Core i7-7700K, RTX 3080 Average UFO - 158 88 130  83  193  106  90  95 $1,259
USA-User, 2 years ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3080 Average UFO - 154 92 129  85  183  152  75  91 $1,735
USA-User, 20 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 3070-Ti Good UFO - 146 94 123  91  162  75  53  91 $796
FRA-User, 2 months ago.Core i7-6700K, RTX 4070 Poor UFO - 148 90 124  82  183  208  -  78 $1,104
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Intel Core i5-13600K $270Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12400F $149Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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